42 Northern Pike Y Bone Diagram
Video: The Best Way to Fillet a Northern Pike Northern pike get a bad rep from anglers. As fun as they are to fight, few people eat them because of the perceived difficulty of cleaning them. Northerns have a line of Y-bones running down the ... Northern Pike Y-Bones Removal -- Made Easy! | AnglingBuzz That cut exposes the backbone and Y-bones perfectly, allowing you to locate and isolate the pesky bones that everyone complains about. Step #2 - Lay the pike on its side so the backbone is facing pointed towards you and it's belly is pointed away. Insert you knife into the meat just above the Y-bones and run it down the length of the northern pike until you have a nice fillet of side meat.
PDF REMOVING THE BONES - North Dakota of the Y bones, the knife is angled to cut roughly parallel to the board and toward the top of the fi llet. Th e cut will run along the top of the long arms of the Y bones. Main-tain slight downward pressure to keep in contact with the bones as this c...